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OUR GREAT COUNTRY
UNCLE SAM’S WONDERFUL GROWTH
AND PROSPERITY.
From a Nation of Farmers and Woodcut
ters to the Greatest Community on Earth.
Some Telling Statistics and Comparisons.
A Friendly Criticism.
In the current number of The North
American Review Mr. Michael G. Mul
hall, F. S. S., makes a study of those
elements of power and wealth in the
United States which, as he expresses it,
have “enabled a community of wood
cutters and farmers to become, in less
than 100 years, the greatest nation in
the world. ’ ’
Mr. Mulhall, a native of Ireland,
educated at the Irish college at Rome,
has been of high repute for many_years
as a statistician. His experience in the
study of the strength and resources of
nations gives value to his present array
of facts and figures, and to his emphatic
declaration that “if we take a survey of
mankind in ancient or modern times, as
regards the physical, mechanical and
intellectual force of nations, we find
nothing to compare with the United
States in this present year of 1895. ”
The units of power which he employs
in his calculations are themselves inter
esting. The working power of an able
bodied male adult, he tells us, is 300
foot tons daily; that of a horse 3,000,
while the standard of steam horsepower
is 4,000. The foot ton is that amount of
power which, if concentrated and ap
plied, could raise a ton the height of a
foot Taking this basis, Mr. Mulhall
finds the working power of the United
States to be approximately as follows at
various dates:
Millions of foot tons daily. F’t tons
, . .day per
Hand. Horse. Steam. Total, Inhab.
1830 753 3,800 240 4,293 440
18401,408 12,900 8,040 17,846 1,020
18602,805 22,200 14,000 39,000 1,240
1880 4,450 36,600 86,340 77,390 1,545
18956,406 55,200 67,700 129,806 1,940
In this reckoning the working power
per inhabitant is seen almost to have
doubled since 1840, while the entire ef
fective force of the American people is
more than three times what it was in
1860. The most rapid growth, of course,
is in steam power. The horsepower of
steam is nearly twice as great this year
as it was 15 years ago, taking together
locomotive engines, steamboats and the
fixed power of mines and factories, and
nearly five times as great as that of
1860. To illustrate the energy of the
United States he compares it with that
of other nations:
Millions of foot tons daily. F’t tons
, , per
Hand. Horse. Steam. Total, inhab.
U. 56,406 55,200 67,700 129,306 1,940
Gt. 8rit...8,210 6,100 46,800 56,110 1,470
Germany .4,280 11,500 29,800 45,580 902
France... .3,380 9,600 21,600 84,580 910
Austria...3,4lo 9,900 0,200 22,510 560
1ta1y2,570 4,020 4,800 11,890 880
Spainl,s4o 5,500 8,600 10,640 500
Here we see that the United States possess
almost as much energy as Great Britain,
Germany and France collectively, and that
the ratio falling to each American is more than
what two Frenchmen or Germans have at their
disuosaj, Moreover, thu jnilitarv arinajuoata
wntoli Keep in torceu frueness 4,uw,i*w men in
Europe are happily unknown in the United
States. It is not merely that European nations
are deprived of the labor, skill and exertions
of 4,000,000 men in the prime of life, they
have also to set apart 1,000,000 workers of the
agricultural and industrial classes to feed and
clothe the standing armies and defray the
cost of artillery, war vessels, etc. Thus the
average of productive energy in France, Ger
many, England, etc., is much less than appears
in the above statement.
Again, in the labor saving appliances
of the United States he sees the perfect
ing of machinery; the reaping machine,
for example, commonly used in the
western states, “will cut and bind grain
at the rate of 45 minutes per acre. ” An
ordinary farmhand in the United States,
says Mr. Mulhall, thanks to these mech
anical appliances, raises as much grain
as three hands do in England, four in
France, five in Germany and six in Aus
tria. Reducing all farm products to a
grain standard by supposing ten pounds
of meat or two gallons of wine to be
equal to a bushel, he finds the number
of bushels of grain per hand raised in
the United States to be 475; in the Unit
ed Kingdom, 228; in France, 188; in
Germany, 118; in Italy, 115; in Aus
tria, 97.
Yet again he quotes Mr. Atkinson as
showing that in America the labor of
one man in 300 days in the year is
equivalent to the production of 4,500
bushels of wheat, while that of three
other men represents the cutting, thrash
ing, milling and transporting to mar
ked Thus four men carry to the baker’s
flour for a thousand persons, at 12
ounces of bread daily for a year. “In
other words, one man can feed 250,
whereas in Europe one man feeds only
30 persons;” and little improvement
in Europe can be expected, because so
many people there consider that labor
saving appliances are an evil, and that
the more persons there are employed in
doing any given work the better.
Passing to other matters, Mr. Mul
hall declares that “the intellectual pow
er of the great republic is in harmony
with the industrial and mechanical. ”
The census of 1890 showed that 87 per
cent of the total population over 10
years of age could read and write, and
he asserts that “in the history of the
human race no nation ever before pos
sessed 41,000,000 instructed citizens.”
The annual school expenditure in the
United States is $156,000,000, or $2.40
per inhabitant, against $48,000,000 and
SI.BO in Great Britain; $81,000,000
and 80 cents in France; $26,000,000 and
50 in Germany; $12,000,000 and 80
in Austria and $7,000,000 and 25 in
Italy. Again, the letters per inhabitant
carried yearly, according to the post
office returns, are 110 for the United
States, 74 for Switzerland, 60 for Great
Britain, 53 for Germany, 49 for Belgi
um? 40 for Holland, 89 for France, 24
for Austria and 16 for Italy.
The growth of wealth in this country
seems to Mr. Mulhall still more mar
velous than the growth of physical pow
er. He finds the wealth of 1820 to be
$1,960,000,000, that of 1860 to be $16,-
160,000,000 and that of 1890 to be $65,-
087.000.000. And this last computation
omits public lands. Tho
lars per inhabitant "-as
THE ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 19. 1895
<Ol4 m 1860 and fl, 03 V in 18»O. Still,
there are three countries in Europe that
surpass us in this latter particular—
namely, Great Britain -with J 1,260 per
head, France with $1,130 and Holland
with SI,OBO. They, on the other hand,
represent the accumulations of many
generations, while ours is a new coun
try.
The distributions of wealth in rural
and urban communities and in different
parts of the country also furnish Mr.
Mulhall with interesting computations.
Here, too, are some interesting conclu
sions, first in regard to railway lines
and then in regard to houses:
The freight charge in 1890 averaged 98 cents
per ton per 100 miles, which is less than half
the charge customary in Europe ($1.90), and
this implies a saving in thia respect alone of
$845,000,000 yearly to the American people, or
10 per cent on the original cost of constructing
the lines. Another large item in the increment
of wealth is houses, which represent an an
nual investment of sl2 per inhabitant of the
whole Union during 20 years ending 1890. The
annual average in Great Britain is $5.50, and
as economists recognize the outlay on houses
to be a gauge of wealth it appears that the
average accumulation in the United States is
double what it is in the mother country. In
effect, English statisticians estimate the ordi
nary accumulation in Great Britain at £5,
aay, $24 per head, whereas we have seen that
the American average is s4l per head.
The conclusion is that our country is
now “by far the greatest productive
power in the world;” that the intel
lectual progress of the nation “is at
tended to in a more liberal manner than
in Europe,” and that the accumulation
of wealth averages $7,000,000 daily.
“These simple facts tell us what a won
derful country has sprung up beyond
the Atlantic in a single century, and
furnish a scathing commentary on the
books written by English travelers only
50 years ago. ’ ’ Englishmen now, ac
cording to Mr. Mulhall, have more cor
rect views, while “the rest of mankind
marks with wonder and admiration the
onward march of the great republic. ’ ’
There is no doubt, at all events, of the
sincere good will which this admirer of
America has for us.—New York Sun.
NEWFOUNDLAND FREE.
She Hu Secured Money to Tide Her Over
the Debt Breakers.
New York, June 17.—A St. John's
special to The World says:
Joy fills the hearts of the people of
Newfoundland, because Colonial Secre
tary Bond has effected a loan of nearly
$3,000,000. Apart from the satisfaction
of being able to pay the oOlony debts,
the country’s freedom has been pre
served.
The alternatives which Newfound
land chose between after the commer
cial collapse of last December were: To
effect a loan, enter the Canadian con
federation or become a crown colony.
The first was regarded as the least hope
ful, but it proved our sheet anchor. Ad
mission to Canada was besought by del
egates from this colony, but the Do
minion did not concede satisfactory
terms, and as for a crown colony, Eng
land could not step in and interfere
with us unless we should actually de
fault on June 30, although she was
quite prepared to do so when the mo
ment arrived.
Considering the commercial trials
Newfoundland has gone through, it is
gratifying that she could secure this
loan at the very reasonable figure of 4
per cent for 40 years. The amount sub
scribed is 550,000 pounds, ($2,750,000),
ample to cover all obligations and leave
a balance of about $250,000, which will
be applied towards the deficit at the
end of the year.
The railway across the island will be
finished about September, 1896. Then
Newfoundland’s public debt will be
about $16,000,000 It is impossible for
the country to meet the yearly interest
of over $600,000 on this debt and main
tain its present rate of expenditure, so
it has been decided to retrench to the
extent of $500,000 and raise $150,000 by
increased taxation. This will meet the
interest and maintain an economical
administration without cramping the
efficiency of the service.
There will be a saving in salaries of
about $60,0(0, the abolition of the Allan
line ocean mail service will save $60,-
000, the education grant is to be cur
tailed $40,000, the pauper grant $60,000,
the road grant $60,000, the special dis
trict grants $36,000 and so on.
MOONSHINE IN PRISON.
How a Mountaineer Convict Managed to
Get Drunk In a State Penitentiary.
A clear case of moonshining was dis
covered most unexpectedly today right
in tl\e heart of the city of Frankfort
and within the walls of the state peni
tentiary. A few days ago the warden
and deputies found a big mountaineer
convict near the cellhouse riotously
drunk. To say that they were surprised
is putting it mildly. They at once set to
work to discover upon what he had
grown drunk and where he obtained it.
The mountaineer got sober and confessed
that another convict did it. A negro
waiter and assistant cook was found to
be the distiller. The mountaineer had
told him how to make “beer. ”
All concerned were examined. The
negro said that he made the “beer.”
He said he used molasses (in the bot
tom of a nearly empty barrel), corn
bread and rainwater. After mixing
these in the proportions advised by the
mountaineer the mash was allowed to
stand eight days. Then a big teakettle
was used as a still, and the “run” was
made into a big iron pot on the side.
The mountaineer testified that he
drank the product of this still, that it
was good, and that he took in all 2%
quarts, and that his intoxicated con
dition was the result.—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
The Southern May Get It.
Chattanooga, June ti.— J. H. Tyler
of New York has just bought the Union
Belt railway, which was sold at public
auction under a decree of the federal
court. It is understood that Tyler rep
resents the bondholders of the road,
and there being no other bidders it is
reported that an arrangement has been
made by which the Southern Railway
company will acquire this property.
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Marti Is indeed a martyr. Any man
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a halo.—-Detroit Free Press.
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